Geometry and String Theory
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This is the homepage for the UT Geometry and String Theory Seminar. At the organizational meeting we will choose some topics for the semester. Some suggestions with references are below. Please also come with your own suggestions.

Fall 2010 Schedule

DateSpeakerTopic
8/25The OrganizersOrganizational Meeting
9/1Jacques“Tinkertoys” for N=2N=2 theories
9/8OscarScattering amplitudes in N=4N=4 SYM
9/15AswinHirota equations and Quantum Integrable Systems
9/22Wilberth2D TFT
9/29Fernando Rodriguez VillegasThe dilogarithm function
10/6Jacob Bourjaily Grassmannians The and All-Loop S-Matrix ofN=4N=4 SYM (instructions included)
10/13Tim PerutzKhovanov’s link homology theory
10/20Anindya DeyLocalization and 3D Mirror Symmetry
10/27Anindya DeyLocalization and 3D Mirror Symmetry, continued
11/3?
11/10?
11/17?
12/1?

References

Gaiotto Duality

Super Yang-Mills Amplitudes

Pestun Localization in 4 and 3 dimensions

TBA, CFT, Y-system, dilog identities, Hirota Equations

2-dimensional topological field theory

Renormalization of Yang-Mills

Volume conjecture for hyperbolic 3-manifolds